A low-cost quantitative continuous measurement of movements in the extremities of people with Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT: The assessment of Parkinson's disease currently relies on the history of the present illness, the clinical interview, the physical examination, and structured instruments. Drawbacks to the use of clinical ratings include the reliance on real-time human vision to quantify small differences in motion and significant inter-rater variability due to inherent subjectivity in scoring the procedures. Rating tools are semi-quantitative by design, however, in addition to significant inter-rater variability, there is inherent subjectivity in administering these tools, which are not blinded in clinical settings. Sophisticated systems to quantify movements are too costly to be used by some providers with limited resources. A simple procedure is described to obtain continuous quantitative measurements o

SUBMITTER: McKay GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6355397 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature